Superman tab by Los Lonely Boys

Tabs

Band:    Los Lonely Boys
Album:   Forgiven
Song Title: Superman

- The solo's and improv's are in Eb MajorEb Pentatonic Minor and Eb MajorEb Blues. Henry hits flat 5ths
7ths here a la Stevie Ray Vaughan. Descending 3-note intervals are also frequently used
this song.

- Send me an e-mail if you want a transcription of this in standard tuning.

Enjoy!

Tuning: Eb MajorEb (1/2 step down)
  or D#D#

Chords:
-------
  G#7G#7
eb|-(0)--(2)----5--|
Bb majorBb|--3----5-----8--|
GbGb|--1----3-----6--|
DbDb|--0----2-----5--|
AbAb|--2----4-----7--|
Eb MajorEb|--0----2-----5--|

Intro: 00:00 - 00:11.
======
eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0~--|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2---------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-3/5--5-5p3---3------------------|
GbGb|------------4---4p2-4p2p0--------|
DbDb|--------------------------0h1h2~-|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|

Is it alright if I sing you guys a song?

eb|-0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0--------0--|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------------------------------3/5---5--|
GbGb|---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2-----------------|
DbDb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------------------------------------------|

I'm gonna do my best right here.

Verse 1: 00:11 - 00:43.
========
- Improvise as you please (e.g. trills, add notes to chords, solo after a bar)

Eb7Eb7
Why she wants me,
F7F7
I ask myself.
G#7G#7 [Fill]
I know I'm not the best lookin' guy around.

Eb7Eb7
Oh, does she love me?
F7F7
Well I guess so,
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Cuz she always says I'm her hero!


eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0~--|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2---------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-3/5--5-5p3---3------------------|
GbGb|------------4---4p2-4p2p0--------|
DbDb|--------------------------0h1h2~-|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|

eb|-0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0--|
Bb majorBb|-----------------------------------------------0--|
GbGb|---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2--------|
DbDb|--------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|--------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2: 00:44 - 01:03.
========

Eb7Eb7
She makes me stronger,
F7F7
with all she does.
G#7G#7 [Fill]
Oh, I can't live without her love. No.

Eb7Eb7
I stop me a freight train.
F7F7
I fly high like a jet plane
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Just so I can get to her.


Chorus: 01:04 - 01:27.
=======
- Just do the Intro Riff

Eb7Eb7
She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.

Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!

Eb7Eb7
'Cuz She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.

Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!


Solo: 01:28 - 01:50.
====
G#7G#7 (2x)


Bridge: 01:51 - 02:02.
=======
F7F7
For my baby
G#7G#7
I'm her man of steel.
F7F7
I can't deny,
G#7G#7
the way she makes me feel!


Verse 3: 02:02 - 02:13.
========
E7E7
Oh, I stop me a freight train.
F7F7
I fly high like a jet plane,
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Just so I can get to her...
G#7G#7
Just so I can get to her!


Chorus: 02:14 - 01:27.
=======
Eb7Eb7
She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.

Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!

Eb7Eb7
'Cuz She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.

Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!


Outro: 02:38 - 03:03
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eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0--------------0-------2---0------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2-----2-------2--------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Do blues pentatonic licks on the open and 2nd positions, and trills on the bass notes,
slide down from 12th fret octave]

End on

Is it alright if I sing you guys a song?

eb|-7-|    eb|---|
Bb majorBb|-0-|    Bb majorBb|---|
GbGb|-7-| Then...Gb|---|
DbDb|-6-|    DbDb|---|
AbAb|-7-|    AbAb|---|
Eb MajorEb|---|    Eb MajorEb|-0-|

And that's it!

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